Tenure track position at CUA

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure track) 

The School of Library & Information Science of The
Catholic University of America invites applications for a
tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant/Associate
Professor level to begin in the fall 2006 or spring 2007
semester. We seek an energetic individual with expertise in
one or more of the following areas: Information Retrieval,
Information Architecture, Knowledge Management, Special
Libraries, and Digital Collections. 

Candidates must be able to teach in one or more of our core
course areas: Organization of Information, Information
Sources and Services, Information Systems in Libraries and
Information Center, and Libraries and Information in
Society. The school offers courses in Virginia and at the
Library of Congress. Candidates are expected to teach one
course a year at one of our off campus sites. The teaching
load is five courses per academic year. 

An earned doctoral degree in library and information science
or a closely related field is required for the appointment.
Candidates should have demonstrated teaching ability and the
ability to use technology for teaching and learning. All
candidates must have a developed research agenda and
publications commensurate with the level of appointment. A
willingness and ability to attract grants are highly
desirable. 

The Catholic University of America was founded in the name
of the Catholic Church as a national university and center
for research and scholarship. Regardless of their religious
or denominational affiliation, all employees are expected to
respect and support the University's mission. The Catholic
University of America is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer. EOE/AA/V/D/M/F.

Interested applicants should send a letter of application,
curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of
three references to:

Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
School of Library and Information Science 
The Catholic University of America 
Washington D.C. 20064
hsiehyeecua.edu

We encourage electronic submissions. Review of applications
will begin on June 20, 2006, and continue until the position
is filled. Candidates who wish to begin as a visiting
faculty should indicate this preference in the application
letter. School representatives will attend the ACM/IEEE
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries and the conference of
SLA, ALA, and ASIS&T to talk with interested applicants.
Please make appointments with Dr. Hsieh-Yee before the
conferences. 

For further information, please email Dr. Hsieh-Yee at
hsiehyeecua.edu or Dr. Martha Hale, dean of SLIS, at
halemcua.edu. For more information about the school,
please visit http://slis.cua.edu/





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